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Another word for righteous

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Adjective

  1. Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action

    Idioms:
    See also:

    honest

  2. In accordance with principles of right or good conduct

    See also:

    right

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Another word for righteous

Modifier

  1. Virtuous

    See also:

    reliable

    moral

    Antonyms:

  2. Religiously inclined

    See also:

    religious

    holy

    Antonyms:

  3. Conscious of one's own virtue

    See also:

    moral

    egotistic

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Sentence Examples

  • But the number of the righteous men was too few to save the state.

  • 4, "the righteous shall live by his faithfulness."

  • 1-4) the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and, though they seem to die, their hope is full of immortality.

  • So far as regards the righteous community.

  • God answers by demanding patience, and by declaring that the righteous shall live by his faithfulness (ii.

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